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• How are property and debt distributed between the parties in a divorce case?
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• How much child support will be paid?
• How much does a custody trial cost?
• If I can't afford a custody battle, are there steps I can take in seeking custody without trying the case outright?
• If the spouses have not kept their non-marital property separate, but they have combined their ownership in joint tenancies and otherwise, how does the court decide on property division?
• Is joint custody better?
• Is there more than one type of maintenance?
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• May the support order be stated in terms of the percentage, and thus vary as the paying parent's income varies?
• Must child support terminate when the child reaches age 18 or can it continue?
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• What happens when the non-custodial parent's income cannot be ascertained?
• What if the supporting parent is ill and can't work, or loses his or her job?
• What impact does a parent's remarriage, or having other children, have on child support?
• What is "marital property"?
• What is a legal separation?
• What is a material change in circumstances for purposes of modification of maintenance?
• What is considered "non-marital property"?
• What is dissipation of assets?
• What is maintenance?
• What is the definition of “net income” for child support purposes?
• What is the difference between legal and physical custody?
• What is unallocated family support?
• What will my divorce cost?
• When a supporting parent is unemployed, does the court have any power to require him or her to work and pay child support?
• Who has the duty to pay child support?
• Will my maintenance award be sufficient to allow both me and my spouse to live at the standard of living which we established during the marriage?
• Will my maintenance terminate if I live with someone?
• Will my spouse be required to pay my attorney's fees?